iwo-edwin - Hello Poetry

Poets don't really die, they grow into trees and continue feeding the world, not just with beautiful words but with ripe fruits Just lay their hearts in a pool full of words and it will grow the catharsis of the poets mind.

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Oct 10, 2014

Oct 10, 2014 at 1:58 PM UTC

iwo-edwin

TO MADAM MAYA ANGELOU

Poets don't really die, they grow into trees and continue feeding the world, not just with beautiful words but with ripe fruits Just lay their hearts in a pool full of words and it will grow the catharsis of the poets mind.

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In the midst of dry afternoon sun, Flies hung wantonly on soiled tables, beer bottles, confused waiting in open pubs Loud smoke, vagrant noise everywhere Kekenapeps in broken parts, Young men, women fight Their kids eat, communing with flies masons mans hat, gba men's cars The streets littered with wealthy technocrats Visible twirling smoke, blackened noise everywhere In the midst of dry afternoon sun vagrant noise, black smoke from here and there, gba men make cool cash wearing basket hats, wife fight her husband, their kids communing with flies, I and boma sat calmly in a bar. by IWO O.EDWIN

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Oct 10, 2014

Oct 10, 2014 at 1:45 PM UTC

iwo-edwin

SOMEWHERE IN NIGERIA, 23 SEPTEMBER 2014

In the midst of dry afternoon sun, Flies hung wantonly on soiled tables, beer bottles, confused waiting in open pubs Loud smoke, vagrant noise everywhere Kekenapeps in broken parts, Young men, women fight Their kids eat, communing with flies masons mans hat, gba men's cars The streets littered with wealthy technocrats Visible twirling smoke, blackened noise everywhere In the midst of dry afternoon sun vagrant noise, black smoke from here and there, gba men make cool cash wearing basket hats, wife fight her husband, their kids communing with flies, I and boma sat calmly in a bar. by IWO O.EDWIN

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We've lost weight, and our faces are pale to hide our aim, we protect the ace, with the strength of our mase, they said we shouldn't talk Just some minutes to eight, Pure water and cigarattes, Not so much at stake, like a dozen empty crates, waiting for a bait, but they said we shouldn't talk We stood next to the gate, and five men approached us, with conspiracy theories that made our heads burst, out flowing with disgust and distrust, but they said we shouldn't talk They said, hope for Gods grace, Like the coperate slaves, big ties and long sleaves, or banshee wailing upon hills, this is pure craze! we are gaurds of this gates and you say we shouldn't talk?

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Oct 7, 2014

Oct 7, 2014 at 12:45 PM UTC

iwo-edwin

AND YOU SAY WE SHOULDN'T TALK

We've lost weight, and our faces are pale to hide our aim, we protect the ace, with the strength of our mase, they said we shouldn't talk Just some minutes to eight, Pure water and cigarattes, Not so much at stake, like a dozen empty crates, waiting for a bait, but they said we shouldn't talk We stood next to the gate, and five men approached us, with conspiracy theories that made our heads burst, out flowing with disgust and distrust, but they said we shouldn't talk They said, hope for Gods grace, Like the coperate slaves, big ties and long sleaves, or banshee wailing upon hills, this is pure craze! we are gaurds of this gates and you say we shouldn't talk?

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Where i am Somewhere on solid lithosphere everybody seems mad, viewing the world from an empty plate yesterday and today can never be the same about ninety percent of the world is confused, the more you know the less you understand you have no clue pray for the mind's eyes beauty in perspectives Semi-rainbow Sedatives Naked band of thieves Slender neem twigs when you see the light live with it Wherever you are don't feel mad BY IWO O. EDWIN

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Oct 7, 2014

Oct 7, 2014 at 12:36 PM UTC

iwo-edwin

POETICITY

Where i am Somewhere on solid lithosphere everybody seems mad, viewing the world from an empty plate yesterday and today can never be the same about ninety percent of the world is confused, the more you know the less you understand you have no clue pray for the mind's eyes beauty in perspectives Semi-rainbow Sedatives Naked band of thieves Slender neem twigs when you see the light live with it Wherever you are don't feel mad BY IWO O. EDWIN

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Look into my eyes and say my "black is dark" your heart is dark your skin is just light Your heart is dark your skin is just white Your heart is dark your skin didn't make it dark giants are breathing on black soils let the entire world know that black giants are on their way to take their throne No armor no sling no stones just an attitude of graphene take off your coat of obscurity Increase your aspirations liberate your minds recognise your oppourtunities you green and white giants on black soil It is your turn your heart is pure your skin is just black by EDWIN O. IWO

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Oct 7, 2014

Oct 7, 2014 at 12:10 PM UTC

iwo-edwin

BLACK GIANTS

Look into my eyes and say my "black is dark" your heart is dark your skin is just light Your heart is dark your skin is just white Your heart is dark your skin didn't make it dark giants are breathing on black soils let the entire world know that black giants are on their way to take their throne No armor no sling no stones just an attitude of graphene take off your coat of obscurity Increase your aspirations liberate your minds recognise your oppourtunities you green and white giants on black soil It is your turn your heart is pure your skin is just black by EDWIN O. IWO

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All his life he had belived the world would change, if he had more, if he had done more, so, he worked and worked until his hands became sore he got what he sought and after thirty years of constant cut and saw from work and chop, to hand and mouth he looked out the window but the world didn't change he still saw what he always saw It was too late his mornings had already gone

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Oct 7, 2014

Oct 7, 2014 at 10:41 AM UTC

iwo-edwin

LITTLE SAND DIVERS

All his life he had belived the world would change, if he had more, if he had done more, so, he worked and worked until his hands became sore he got what he sought and after thirty years of constant cut and saw from work and chop, to hand and mouth he looked out the window but the world didn't change he still saw what he always saw It was too late his mornings had already gone

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I tried to be something, great or small I tried to be you, I lost myself I tried to be fast, I broke my legs I tried sucide, I could't afford a knife I tried to be bad, I almost died I tried to be rich, It was expensive I tried to be strong, but I lost ten fights I tried to be smart until I met a thief I tried to be funny, I couldn't beat a baby clown I tried to be slow, I got lost, I was gone I tried love, I was rejected I tried to stop, I saw nick vucinic I couldn't quit so, I stoped to try, I found myself in rags moist in my own saliva Everything I denied and disregarded was who I was I knew I was a tree but failed to recognise myself dressed in plain sheets, as a book, and you could be anyone

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Oct 7, 2014

Oct 7, 2014 at 10:39 AM UTC

iwo-edwin

YOU ARE WHAT YOU SEE

I tried to be something, great or small I tried to be you, I lost myself I tried to be fast, I broke my legs I tried sucide, I could't afford a knife I tried to be bad, I almost died I tried to be rich, It was expensive I tried to be strong, but I lost ten fights I tried to be smart until I met a thief I tried to be funny, I couldn't beat a baby clown I tried to be slow, I got lost, I was gone I tried love, I was rejected I tried to stop, I saw nick vucinic I couldn't quit so, I stoped to try, I found myself in rags moist in my own saliva Everything I denied and disregarded was who I was I knew I was a tree but failed to recognise myself dressed in plain sheets, as a book, and you could be anyone

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Toothaches in the early morning, a bitter kiss that woke me up. Toothaches trees in the garden, I rely on Rose's but she refuses. so many blackberries and apples on the street I'm waiting for the next mangoes. Prosaic, sometimes i wonder the need for education if i will still follow the ethics of my grandfather, without remodeling it to suit my time. But, when I look pass it i see Lavender The death tolls have risen three to four lost to bombing each day I still see Lavender.

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Feb 9, 2014

Feb 9, 2014 at 1:27 PM UTC

iwo-edwin

Sometimes I See Lavender

Toothaches in the early morning, a bitter kiss that woke me up. Toothaches trees in the garden, I rely on Rose's but she refuses. so many blackberries and apples on the street I'm waiting for the next mangoes. Prosaic, sometimes i wonder the need for education if i will still follow the ethics of my grandfather, without remodeling it to suit my time. But, when I look pass it i see Lavender The death tolls have risen three to four lost to bombing each day I still see Lavender.

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I want to be great I want to be rich I want peace I want to be fulfilled it is all about I I I I I I What is it with i, I asked? will I even find true love? Is I where I is meant to be? Will I ever get an audience? Will they FEEL I the way I FEELS other successful people? I is worried. I is sad. I is troubled. I is hmm... I don't know what to say, But finally I is alone his world. I is alone in her world. If I succeeds I is happy It is all about I I I I is like you I is you.

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Feb 9, 2014

Feb 9, 2014 at 12:50 PM UTC

iwo-edwin

My name is I

I want to be great I want to be rich I want peace I want to be fulfilled it is all about I I I I I I What is it with i, I asked? will I even find true love? Is I where I is meant to be? Will I ever get an audience? Will they FEEL I the way I FEELS other successful people? I is worried. I is sad. I is troubled. I is hmm... I don't know what to say, But finally I is alone his world. I is alone in her world. If I succeeds I is happy It is all about I I I I is like you I is you.

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